Oasis for bees�

2001-04-11

I discovered that one of my ponds is a watering hole for bees now. On Sunday morning, it was beautiful, but a little chilly. I was standing in the sun, reading a book when I noticed that there were bees sitting on the moss floating on the water of one of our water pots. As I watched, one bee flew off and another bee landed. It went on all day at a rate of about twenty every five minutes. At times there were up to seven at a time sitting on the moss, drinking. About 240 an hour. I've been going to remove the moss from the pond, because it's not the most decorative item, but it made me feel cool to think that we are an oasis for the bees.

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